Time is running short in the Missouri Legislature this session, but lawmakers are still talking about the idea of a gasoline tax increase.

Time is running short in the Missouri Legislature this session, but lawmakers are still talking about the idea of a gasoline tax increase.

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Updated: 6:30 PM CDT May 4, 2015

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WEBVTT AHEAD AND -- AND HAD BEEN AN INDEPENDENCE FOR TWO WEEKS. THERE WAS NO [INAUDIBLE] IN THAT AREA. THE SENATAE -- SENATE SENT A BILL. KRIS: MICHAEL MAHONEY THE STORY. MICHAEL: THE IDEA OF RAISING THE GAS TAX STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT MISSOURI DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO KEEP UP. THIS WOULD RAISE THE TAX 1.6 CENTS. THE DIESEL TAX WOULD ALSO GO UP AS WELL TO $.21 A GALLON. THIS WOULD GIVE MISSOURIAN OF MELDING -- MONEY -- MISSOURI ENOUGH MONEY. THERE IS A SMALL TAX INCREASE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE A STATEWIDE VOTE. FOR SOME, THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THEY THINK VOTERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR SAY. THE BILL CREATES THE BOARD TO OVERSEE A POTENTIAL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE TOLL ROAD PROJECT. THIS DOES NOT CREATE A TOLL ROAD IN MISSOURI BUT IT DOES ESTABLISH SOME OF THE EARLY BUREAUCRACIES. THE IDEA OF CONVERTING A BIG STRETCH OF HER OH I-70 INTO A TOLL ROAD IS NOT POPULAR WITH LAWMAKERS OR VOTERS. THE SESSION ENDS IN A COUPLE WEEKS. TWO WEEKS IS NOT A LOT OF TIME TO A PENSION -- A POTENTIAL INCREASE OF TWO CENTS TO THE GAS TAX IS STILL ALIVE.

Proposed Missouri fuel tax hike still alive

Time is running short in the Missouri Legislature this session, but lawmakers are still talking about the idea of a gasoline tax increase.